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Do I understand correctly that this is proprietary (closed-source) software, even though it's hosted on GitHub? This repository seems to contain two binary blob

Do I understand correctly that this is proprietary (closed-source) software, even though it's hosted on GitHub? This repository seems to contain two binary blobs without source code.

jrcii 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:GitHub#Licenses_of_Projects_Hosted_on_GitHub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:GitHub#Licenses_of_Projec...
- jcwilde 11y ago
  Not a very helpful link. Yes, just because it is hosted on github does not mean it is required to be open-source, but the documentation doesn't include any information about the licensing terms, so it is a valid question (that is as yet unanswered in public).
Daemon404 11y ago
Nothing bad ever happens to proprietary database software... nope.
paulasmuth 11y ago
I don't get all the negativity RE: kerf not being open source in this thread. It's obvious the implementation is not free software (check the README in the actual submission) because the author wants to sell commercial licenses. Nothing inherently bad about that -- some of us need to make a living. The query language and concepts which are explained in the documentation are an exciting/novel (at least to me) contribution and "out in the open" for everybody to see/discuss/adapt/improve upon. Let's not dismiss that because we can't read the source.
- jcwilde 11y ago
  Strangely, there was no negatively in the comment you replied to, they were simply asking if is is open-source or not, as it didn't align with their expectations of github-hosted projects (I would argue this would be the case for most people). Contrary to what you state, it is _not_ clear from the README that this is a commercial venture, just that the author provides an email address for any queries in relation to licensing, and actually includes _no_ copyright or restrictions on running the code in the provided documentation. One might even assume that since we've been provided a copy of the binary without any notices, we might be free to run said code without restrictions... but really, who knows? Hence the OP's questions.

Do I understand correctly that this is proprietary (closed-source) software, even though it's hosted on GitHub? This repository seems to contain two binary blobs without source code.

jrcii 11y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:GitHub#Licenses_of_Projects_Hosted_on_GitHub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:GitHub#Licenses_of_Projec...

jcwilde 11y ago
Not a very helpful link. Yes, just because it is hosted on github does not mean it is required to be open-source, but the documentation doesn't include any information about the licensing terms, so it is a valid question (that is as yet unanswered in public).

Daemon404 11y ago

Nothing bad ever happens to proprietary database software... nope.

paulasmuth 11y ago

I don't get all the negativity RE: kerf not being open source in this thread. It's obvious the implementation is not free software (check the README in the actual submission) because the author wants to sell commercial licenses. Nothing inherently bad about that -- some of us need to make a living. The query language and concepts which are explained in the documentation are an exciting/novel (at least to me) contribution and "out in the open" for everybody to see/discuss/adapt/improve upon. Let's not dismiss that because we can't read the source.

jcwilde 11y ago
Strangely, there was no negatively in the comment you replied to, they were simply asking if is is open-source or not, as it didn't align with their expectations of github-hosted projects (I would argue this would be the case for most people). Contrary to what you state, it is _not_ clear from the README that this is a commercial venture, just that the author provides an email address for any queries in relation to licensing, and actually includes _no_ copyright or restrictions on running the code in the provided documentation. One might even assume that since we've been provided a copy of the binary without any notices, we might be free to run said code without restrictions... but really, who knows? Hence the OP's questions.